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Is Steve Jobs All Talk and No Action?

We’ve all heard out his “Thoughts on Music” and, well, his words seem to have faded into the ether like the latest terror alert.

Free Software Foundation’s campaign against DRM (defectivebydesign.org) is stepping up and needs our help. On April 1, they’re sending Jobs a letter that we should all sign on to (and add our comments). They’ve got 5,000 sigs already and are hoping to top 7,500!

Click here to sign the letter.

Lets get on Jobs’ ass to follow through on his “pledge” and sign on to the anti-DRM crusade.

Dispatches from DRM World

A couple tidbits regarding everybody’s best friend, Digital Rights Management:

Gizmodo posted the quick fix to bypass Microsoft Zune’s WiFi sharing DRM

RIAA Declares DRM Dead — Paul Birch, an executive at IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Institutes) said “DRM as we know it is over. There may be Son of DRM but that’s another matter. Right now its dead, the majors are moving towards the new model. The one thing you can be sure of is they will still be at the centre of the world music industry whatever happens. The independents are another matter. As our sector’s share has fallen by almost half in just over twelve months, the new model for us is partnership. It always was, I’m just not sure we got it.” — via Cory.

Cartoon via User Friendly

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